I was walking around morning workouts when I encountered Bobby Abreu throwing the ball with Torii Hunter in the outfield. Torii Hunter has nine gold gloves, by the way, so this exchange was a lot of fun.
Abreu: Don’t think about it. Just get the ball … [throws] … and release.
Hunter: Uh-huh.
Abreu: Perfect strike. Just get the ball … [throws] and release. It’s nothin’.
Hunter: [said nothing, laughed a little, and then I imagined he rolled his eyes]
At that point, Abreu got the ball, went into a half-hearted windup as if he were pitching, and threw a strike to Hunter. He turned around at the coaches and players behind him with a smug look on his face, thinking he looked like Verlander or something.
Third Base Coach Dino Ebel: ”65 miles an hour”
Abreu: MY ASS!
Did I mention that the Angels seem like they’re having fun?
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- majmayhem - Mar 6, 2012 at 1:36 PM
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Man they really stunted his development by sticking him in the outfield. What were those guys thinking!?!
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- tacklemeelmo - Mar 6, 2012 at 1:38 PM
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If the Tigers have “Si Motherf***er” shirts, will the Angels get “MY ASS” shirts?
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- El Bravo - Mar 6, 2012 at 1:46 PM
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Abreu just wants work, any work whatsoever…
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- nategearhart - Mar 6, 2012 at 1:50 PM
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Look out, Bobby. Pitching didn’t go so well for Canseco…
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- Utley's Hair - Mar 6, 2012 at 2:32 PM
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How will he get 400 at-bats as a pitcher?
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- kevinbnyc - Mar 6, 2012 at 2:44 PM
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Of course bobby could pitch. The mound might be the furthest from those scary walls he could get.
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- drewsylvania - Mar 6, 2012 at 2:49 PM
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He also thinks he can hit. That’s somewhat apocryphal as well.
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- wlschneider09 - Mar 6, 2012 at 3:01 PM
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Joke all you want, but at 65 mph Livan Hernandez will be coming by to get tips on his fastball.
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- bravojawja - Mar 7, 2012 at 9:42 AM
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Now that Wakefield is retired, MLB has an opening for an aging knuckleballer.
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- cmutimmah - Mar 7, 2012 at 1:05 PM
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RA Dickey?
